Best End User Stories Podcasts (2025)

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Managing community contributors with Alya Abbott 36:23

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This week on The Business of Open Source I talked with Alya Abbott, COO of Zulip, about managing community contributors. This is a hot topic for open source companies — and for that matter, open source projects in general, including those that aren’t being monetized in any way. It’s a bit of a third rail in the open source ecosystem to suggest that…

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Building a Dual Growth Flywheel at GitLab with Nick Veenhof 36:17

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Nick Veenhof, Director of Contributor Success at GitLab. GitLab has probably the most well-articulated open source strategy out there, and we talked about the two main prongs of that strategy, the co-create strategy and the dual flywheel strategy. We also talked about incentivizing individuals …

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Solving Universal, Persistant Problems with David Aronchick 45:47

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with David Aronchick, CEO and founder of Expanso, about luck and timing, building into universal truths and the reasons for Kubernetes’ success. Before David founded Expanso (which is behind the project Bacalhau), he was the first non-founding PM on the Kubernetes project, and we kicked off by talki…

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Alex Jenkins from NestEggs Retirement Plan Services 15:52

17d ago15:52

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Send us a text In this episode, we welcome Alex, a partner at NestEggs, to discuss how their firm supports privately held businesses and trade associations with comprehensive retirement plan solutions. Alex shares his journey from medical device sales to becoming an investment advisor and details NestEggs’ unique approach as one of the last private…

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David and Goliath in the CMS Market with Thomas Schedler 35:31

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Thomas Schedler, co-founder and CEO of Sulu. Sulu is a small, bootstrapped company that spun out of an agency; Thomas was recommended by someone to me as a guest, but when I first reached out to him he was skeptical about coming on the show because he wasn’t sure he was a good fit. But there’s …

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Press Release Audio Transcript: Concourse Benefits launches new Affinity Network Platform at Web Summit Vancouver 3:46

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Send us a text Concourse Benefits is transforming how business organizations, like chambers of commerce and trade associations, can deliver more value to their members. Today, the company announced its investor proposal and valuation analysis, highlighting a funding round to accelerate platform development and rapid market expansion. Concourse Bene…

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Open Source Firmware for EV Charging Stations with Marco Möller 33:57

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This week on The Business of Open Source I spoke with Marco Möller, CEO and co-founder of Pionix. This was a fabulous conversation about a company that’s in a very different market from the usual open source company: They make firmware for EV charging stations, and are behind the EVerest project, which is part of LF Energy. So who is part of the co…

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AI-generated Code Copied from Open Source with Julian Coccia 35:50

2M ago35:50

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Julian Coccia, CTO of ScanOSS, about selling access to data while making open source software. Of course, we also talked about being an open source company that is also deep in the open source world, helping companies understand their reliance on open source code and how open source is used in …

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How to be Successful when Donating a Project to the CNCF with Liz Rice 40:25

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Today on The Business of Open Source I spoke with Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, which is now part of Cisco. We addressed two subjects: How to be successful as a company that donates their project to the CNCF, and the story of Isovalent’s acquisition by Cisco and the role open source played in that acquisition. We talked about: T…

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Happy 420 - Cornbread Anyone? 55:25

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In this special 420 episode, the High Ladies light one up and take a trip down cannabis history lane with the wild true story of the Cornbread Mafia — the biggest domestic marijuana syndicate you've (maybe) never heard of. Join us as we celebrate cannabis culture, resilience, and the rebels who paved the way. Buckle up, it's a ride full of weed, wh…

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Campaign Compass on Concourse Benefits with Nancy Cooke 14:50

2M ago14:50

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Send us a text Learn about Campaign Compass in this podcast interview with Founder, Nancy Cooke. Connect with Nancy on her LinkedIn Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the o…

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Open Source Manifestos with Vincent Untz 39:44

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This week on The Business of Open Source I talked about Open Source Manifestos with Vincent Untz, CTO of Centreon. The entire conversation focused on this idea of open source manifestos, which Vincent is going to talk about at Open Source Founders Summit — and I had never heard of before. The idea to create an open source manifesto came about becau…

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How a Rebrand Increased Sales with Lukas Gentele 42:02

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Lukas Gentele, the CEO and co-founder of LoftLabs. Here’s some of the things we covered: There are many open source projects at LoftLabs. We talked about what the team did differently the second time round, when they’d had the experience of creating the first project under their belt, and why t…

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Fundraising and M&A for Open Source Companies with Daniel Jarjoura 43:02

3M ago43:02

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This week on the Business of Open Source I spoke with Daniel Jarjoura, an investor at Avolta who specializes in developer-facing companies, and who writes a newsletter on developer-facing startups and also collects data on investments in open source companies. We spoke about the overall state of investment for open source companies and specifically…

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Co-Founder Story with Colin Schmidt 11:49

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Send us a text Colin Schmidt's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-schmidt/ Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platf…

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Products, consulting, and open source with Andrew Martin 36:40

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This week on The Business of Open Source I spoke with Andrew Martin, CEO and founder of Control Plane. Control Plane is ultimately a consulting company, as Andrew introduced it. But the company also created and maintains KubeSec, and also has an enterprise version of Flux CD that it licenses. That gives this conversation a slightly different flavor…

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How Technology Decisions Impact Growth with Misha Bragin 35:42

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Misha Bragin, co-founder and CEO of NetBird. This was also the first episode I recorded in 2025, which gives you an idea of how far in advance I’m recording episodes. NetBird has an interesting origin story — it came out of an original idea to make a hardware product, but as Misha and his co-fo…

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Open Source and AI Coding Assistants with Ty Dunn 40:56

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Ty Dunn, founder of Continue.dev, which is an open source AI code assistant. We had a fabulous conversation that touched on both the AI hype wave and why open source. The first thing I’d like to touch on is why Continue.dev is open source, in other words, what business rationale Ty has for taki…

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SquareStack in Concourse Benefits with Bill Furlong 22:16

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Send us a text Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing…

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The CFO's View of Open Source Companies with Eileen Doody and Karen Walker 37:16

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This week on The Business of Open Source I had a slightly different conversation: I spoke with the CFOs of two open source companies, Sysdig and Percona, to better understand what is different (and what is not) about financial management in open source companies. Karen Walker is the CFO at Sysdig, and Eileen Doody is the CFO at Percona. They both j…

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VirtualE on Concourse Benefits with guest Marco Macrì 4:06

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Send us a text Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing…

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Privacy Pillar for Concourse Benefits Users with guest Rinto John 5:43

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Send us a text Automate trust and transparency with a privacy-by-design platform. Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platfor…

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Querri 8:21

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Send us a text Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing…

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Marketplace Vendor Episode: Cybersecurity Posture Assessments, with Hernan from POPP3R Cybersecurity 13:47

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Send us a text Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concourse Benefits Platform, hosted by Marc Palud, one of the Co-Founders and Chief Marketing…

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Thinking Hard about your License Choice with Ivan Burazin 39:22

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Ivan Burazin, the CEO and co-founder of Daytona. First of all, Daytona was one of the sponsors of the first edition of Open Source Founders Summit, and I had a chance to meet Ivan in person at the event. So a big thank you to him for taking a risk on the first year of the event! But let’s get d…

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Bootstrapping an Open Source Company with Ludovic Dubost 46:21

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I talked with Ludovic Dubost, founder and CEO of XWiki about the long history of XWiki, which he started in 2003. This was a wide-ranging conversation… here’s some of the things we covered: Why XWiki is an open source company. Ludovic started out with the explicit goal of creating a company, so why start it…

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Building an Open Source Company for Long-Term Sustainability with John O'Nolan 43:46

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with John O’Nolan, the co-founder of ghost.org. Before further ado, John is going to be one of speakers at Open Source Founders Summit 2025, so if you’d like a chance to dive deeper into any of the subjects we talked about on the podcast with him, in person, you should join us in May. There’s a lot …

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S12 E131- Whack A Mole 30:30

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Co-Founder Story with Marcie O'Dwyer 16:38

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Send us a text Connect with Marcie on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcie-o-dwyer-b29197129/https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcie-o-dwyer-b29197129/ Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the …

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Co-Founder Story with Susan Ellender 14:25

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Send us a text Connect with Susan on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-ellender-222b2365/ Conversations on all things benefits including trends, innovations, new technologies, and idea to help associations create more value for members, employees, and their families. Catch all the latest insights from the official podcast for the Concou…

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The Complicated Calculus around Donating a Project to a Foundation with Omri Gazette 24:08

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In the last episode of The Business of Open Source recorded at KubeCon Salt Lake City, I spoke with Omri Gazitt, co-founder and CEO of Aserto. Aserto has two open source project that it maintains, one of which it donated to the CNCF. In this episode, we talked about the decision to donate a project to the CNCF — both what the process entailed and w…

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S12 E130- Influence This 42:02

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This week in the Hotbox, we chat with influencers Chloe and Chantal about their journey to social media stardom. They share the highs, the lows, and the reality behind the filters, offering an honest look at life in the spotlight. Don’t miss this candid and inspiring conversation! Follow Chloe and Chantal on Instagram @lady.weedington & @ouid.craft…

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A Massive Head Start on Product Development with Open Source with Martin Mao 20:51

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This special episode recorded live at KubeCon Salt Lake City last November is with Martin Mao, CEO and co-founder at Chronosphere. We talked about how M3 was foundational to the early history of Chronosphere, and how the ability to leverage M3, which Martin and his co-founder had written while they were still working at Uber. One of the most import…

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S12 E129- A Häpple A Day 52:29

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This week in the Hotbox, we’re joined by the creator of the revolutionary Häpple, Errlectric Dave! Known for his innovative hash consuming devices, Dave takes us behind the scenes of his creation process, the inspiration for the Häpple, and how it’s changing the game for hash enthusiasts everywhere. Tune in for a high-energy conversation, a dose of…

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Finding Product-Market Fit with Wei Lien Dang 26:45

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Happy new year everyone! There was a short break for Christmas + New Years the past two weeks, but this week I’m back with a fabulous episode with Wei Lien Dang, General Partner at Unusual Ventures and formerly co-founder of StackRox. I recorded this episode on-site at KubeCon Salt Lake City back in November 2024. This episode is particularly fabul…

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S12 E128- Aspiring Stories 38:56

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Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2025 with inspiration by sharing stories from High Aspirations, a collaborative book featuring over 30 Canadian authors. These thought-provoking pieces celebrate community, creativity, and resilience. As we start the new year, we reflect on these stories and the lessons they bring, setting the tone for a year of gr…

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S12 E127 - High Aspirations 37:34

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The High Ladies are officially published authors! In this episode, we’re excited to chat with Jenn and Nicole, the driving forces behind High Aspirations, a collaborative book featuring contributions from over 30 authors across Canada. They share their journey of spearheading this incredible project, from organizing and curating diverse voices to n…

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Maintaining Control of your Brand with Ramiro Berrelleza 24:17

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I have a special episode recorded on-site at KubeCon NA this fall, with Ramiro Berrelleza, the CEO of Okteto. We kicked off the conversation with a discussion about branding. Okteto is the name of the company, the name of the project and the name of the product. We started this conversation because it had b…

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S12 E126- Canna Made Clear 35:46

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This Week in The Hotbox we’re joined by Jenna Valleriani, Senior Manager of Social Responsibility at the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS). Jenna sheds light on the recently launched Cannabis Made Clear campaign, highlighting its mission to provide clear and accurate information about cannabis use. We also dive into important tips for staying safe this …

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KubeCon Special Episode: Changing Culture with Software with Cole Kennedy 17:52

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This week on the Business of Open Source, I have an episode recorded on-site at KubeCon SLC last month with Cole Kennedy, co-founder of TestifySec. We kicked off the conversation with a discussion about software development practices in the US Department of Defense and the US government at large — and the challenges involved with deploying quickly …

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S12 E125 - Wellness Your Way 49:29

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This Week in The Hotbox we’re joined by Tanner Stewart, CEO and founder of Stewart Farms, Canada’s leading wellness brand. Tanner shares his inspiring personal wellness journey, offering valuable insights and practical tips on making small, impactful changes for a healthier lifestyle. Connect with Tanner: LinkedIn: Tanner Stewart Instagram: @tanner…

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KubeCon Special Episode: Managing the Tension between Product and Project with Bobby DeSimone 18:30

7M ago18:30

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Who pays for the future of infrastructure? In this special episode, I spoke to Bobby DeSimone, founder and CEO of Pomerium, about how he feels like infrastructure and security both have to be open source — but then, what does that mean about the future of the financial support for infrastructure and security? We talked about: The importance for cus…

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S12 E124 - Health is Apropos 30:42

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Welcome back for another season of High Ladies! This week we kick off Season 12 and talk about Cannabis studies currently going on in Canada. These studies help to advance our understanding of the plant and explore it's widespread benefits. We are excited for this season sponsor...Stewart Farms! This season is centered around health and wellness al…

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KubeCon NA Special Episode: The Connection Between Community Engagement and Revenue with Mark Fussell 23:18

7M ago23:18

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Mark Fussell, CEO and co-founder of Diagrid and co-creator of Dapr, in a special episode recorded on-site at KubeCon NA in Salt Lake City. We kicked off with a discussion of what’s different about running an open source company versus a proprietary software company, and Mark said that a big par…

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ATO Special Episode on Product Strategy with Elias Voelker 17:57

7M ago17:57

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In this last special episode of The Business of Open Source recorded at All Things Open, I spoke with Elias Voelker, VP North America for CheckMK. We talked a lot about product strategy; when CheckMK decided that they needed a clear strategy for deciding which feature goes in the open source project and which goes in the commercial version. Elias f…

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Applying the lessons from Docker with Solomon Hykes 39:06

7M ago39:06

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This week on The Business of Open Source, I have the first episode I recorded on-site at KubeCon Salt Lake City (and the only full-length episode), with Solomon Hykes, CEO and co-founder of Dagger, and co-founder of Docker. One thing Solomon mentions briefly but that is very important is that there are limits to what can be learned from Docker’s st…

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ATO Special Episode with Nithya Ruff 15:31

7M ago15:31

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In this special episode of The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Nithya Ruff, director of Amazon’s Open Source Program Office (often referred to as an OSPO). We started out talking a little about what exactly an OSPO is and what they do in companies — something I’m guess not everyone understands. It boils down to managing the company’s open sou…

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ATO special episode with Peter Farkas 16:29

7M ago16:29

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In this special episode recorded at All Things Open, I talk with Peter Farkas, CEO and co-founder of FerretDB. We talked about about MongoDB and the license change fiasco and why Peter wanted to build an open source company and never considered building a non-open source company. The biggest 🤯 in this episode was about enforcing what it means to be…

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Selling Peace of Mind with Bhaskar from YottaDB 29:06

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This week’s full-length episode is with Bhaskar, founder of YottaDB. This episode was recorded on-site at All Things Open last week, and we covered a wide range of topics. Including: How the open source ecosystem, and the open source business ecosystem, has changed over the past 30+ years. Who can responsibly self-support an open source database, a…

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S11 E123 - 123 Done 14:26

8M ago14:26

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This week in the Hotbox, we talk about some awesome things we have been doing and working on this season, including solving worlds problems. Check out High Aspirations book HERE tCheck promo code - HIGH25 - $25 off your purchase. www.tcheck.com Purchase your High Ladies by Jane Dope apparel at https://www.janedope.ca/collections/high-ladies Purchas…